American short-tailed shrew

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iAmerican short-tailed shrews
Southern Short-tailed Shrew
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Eulypotyphla Family: Soricidae Genus: Blarina Gray, 1838
Species
See text.

The genus Blarina is a group of relatively large shrews with relatively short tails found in North America. They are red-toothed shrews; species in this group have 32 teeth.

They generally have dark fur and thick feet. The saliva of these animals is toxic and is used to subdue prey.

The list of species is:

• Northern Short-tailed Shrew (B. brevicauda)
• Southern Short-tailed Shrew (B. carolinensis)
• Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew (B. hylophaga)
• Kirkland's Short-tailed Shrew (B. kirklandi)

[edit] See also

• Venomous mammals

[edit] External links

• Purification and characterisation of blarinasin, a new tissue kallikrein-like protease from the short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda: comparative studies with blarina toxin.